You never know what will turn up at the PW Show each year, it's a perfect mélange of toy soldiers, all scales large and small, collectable rarities rub shoulders with terrible tat, it's anybody's game and it's always a lot of fun. I never go with any expectation of what I might find, mostly I'm looking out for figures to flesh out my 54mm toy soldier wargame armies and this year there was a bumper crop of Medievals:
When I have a little money, I buy Toy Soldiers; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes. (with apologies to:) ERASMUS
Saturday, 20 September 2025
A Medieval host at the Plastic Warrior Show 2025
Tuesday, 5 August 2025
Battle of Saguntum 1811 - 54mm Battle Cry game.
For our latest game we decided to try a Napoleonic version of Battle Cry and Anthony suggested the Peninsular War Battle of Saguntum 1811.
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Lionheart - more playing with old toy knights.
Our first trial game of Lionheart worked very well so we decided to expand on it by introducing some terrain elements and and an additional two unit types; Heavy Foot Knights and Mercenaries. The remainder of the armies were the same as in our previous game and we increased the number of actions in each turn from four to six per side. The basic game mechanics were explained in my previous post HERE.
Saturday, 2 November 2024
Lionheart - a medieval wargame with 54mm toy soldiers
Lionheart is a medieval boardgame published by Parker Brothers in 1997, played on a square grid with 25mm pieces the aim is to capture the enemy King or destroy all of his army, it plays a bit like a game of chess. We thought we'd try out the basic game to see if it would translate to a wargame with 54mm toy soldiers, here's how it went:
Friday, 6 September 2024
Jacobite Rebellion - One Hour Wargames
Subsequent to this year's Plastic Warrior Show, Anthony has acquired the greater part of a Jacobite 54mm wargames collection created by our old friend Eric Kemp. Needless to say, we couldn't wait to get them out on the table. We turned to our default ruleset for such games, One Hour Wargames by Neil Thomas and selected Scenario 6 - Flank Attack.
This post is really a shameless opportunity to show off some very pretty toy soldiers, for which I offer no apology!